Cozonac (Romanian: [kozoˈnak]) or Kozunak (Bulgarian: козунак [kozoˈnak]), is a type of Stollen, or sweet leavened bread, traditional to Romania and Bulgaria. It is usually prepared for Easter in Bulgaria, and mostly for every major holiday ( Christmas, Easter, New Year 's Day, Pentecost ) in Romania and Moldova.
The dessert is also known as tsoureki ( Greek : τσουρέκι), شوريك (Arabic), panarët (Arbërisht), choreg or chorek (Armenian: չորեկ), çörək (Azerbaijani), or çörek (Turkish and Cypriot Turkish). It is a sweet, egg -enriched bread, which is rooted in the cuisines of Western and Central Asia. Such rich brioche - like breads are also traditional in many other countries, such as Hungary and the Czech Republic. Examples of similar breads from other cultures include badnji kruh in Croatian cuisine, folar de páscoa in Portuguese cuisine, brioche in French cuisine, kulich in Russian cuisine, panettone in Italian cuisine, hot cross bun in English cuisine, and challah in Jewish cuisine.
Cozonac is a sweet bread, into which milk, yeast, eggs, sugar, butter, and other ingredients are mixed together and allowed to rise before baking. In Bulgaria, the kozunak is prepared by adding lemon zest to the dough mixture, just as the Romanian version. The Italian Panettone is very similar to the basic cozonac, the most visible difference being their shapes.
In Romania, the recipes for trimmings differ rather significantly between regions.
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